Bloodsport is Jean-Claude Van Damme's Mortal Kombat - Cinemassacre Rental Reviews

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  • Опубліковано 12 бер 2020
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    Bloodsport is a 1988 American martial arts action film about U.S. soldier Frank Dux (Jean-Claude Van Damme) going to Hong Kong to be accepted into the Kumite, a highly secret and extremely violent martial-arts competition. While trying to gain access into the underground world of clandestine fighters, he also has to avoid military officers who consider him to be AWOL. After enduring a difficult training and beginning a romance with journalist Janice Kent (Leah Ayres), Frank is given the opportunity to fight. But can he survive?
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  • @JamesNintendoNerd
    @JamesNintendoNerd  4 роки тому +153

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    • @Destros2ndone
      @Destros2ndone 4 роки тому

      mine is sitting in the shelf
      an absolut great doku
      whole i might say
      really was worth the waiting time

    • @retroaesthetics3887
      @retroaesthetics3887 4 роки тому +1

      I got the Elvira edition and my name in the credits! Would have been rad to see a Cinemassacre edition!

    • @enochkilo5320
      @enochkilo5320 4 роки тому

      Just in time

    • @marcorizo1387
      @marcorizo1387 4 роки тому +4

      Congratulations on appearing on a documentary James.

    • @jzsy13
      @jzsy13 4 роки тому +5

      What!?!? Now they throw in a soundtrack? I should've waited.

  • @abeabeification
    @abeabeification 4 роки тому +413

    I don't think people will appreciate his movies today but growing up Jean Claude was amazing for us, Cyborg was one of my favourites but Quest, Double team, Time cop, Universal soldier, Hard target,Maximun risk and Inferno were all great action movies of the time.

    • @ricardonogueira506
      @ricardonogueira506 4 роки тому +16

      Universal Soldier love that movie growin up

    • @Ryuujin1078
      @Ryuujin1078 4 роки тому +7

      orphanof CROM Double Impact was basically a Double Dragon movie.

    • @theitfactorjameswheezer2852
      @theitfactorjameswheezer2852 4 роки тому +2

      Django Fett those movies are awesome. But personally I think JCVD is his best film

    • @tzirufim
      @tzirufim 4 роки тому +1

      Totally had the same experience. For me it was my older cousin who introduced me to all of those movies. Especially the Quest lingers on in my head as being one of those movies where we watched it an awe and came out as the biggest Jean Claude van Damme fans 😊

    • @TheZerokool187
      @TheZerokool187 4 роки тому +3

      Definitely loved his movies growing up !

  • @kaisser8915
    @kaisser8915 4 роки тому +232

    Bloodsport unironically has one of my favorite movie soundtracks of all time

    • @randomcharacter6501
      @randomcharacter6501 4 роки тому +33

      Fight to suuuuurviiiiiiiiiive!
      I still randomly listen to that song.

    • @Pedro2NR
      @Pedro2NR 4 роки тому +22

      Paul Hertzog - Steal the night

    • @DSan-kl2yc
      @DSan-kl2yc 4 роки тому

      Isn't that kickboxer

    • @Pedro2NR
      @Pedro2NR 4 роки тому +7

      @@DSan-kl2yc The song from Kickboxer you're thinking of is:
      Stan Bush - Streets of Siam
      Another great song 👍🏽

    • @KwaIified
      @KwaIified 4 роки тому +5

      I agree...the Kumita and training tracks I still play when I work out

  • @mgloco88
    @mgloco88 4 роки тому +183

    "Aren't you a little young for full contact?"
    "Aren't you a little old for video games?"

    • @joedaniels9022
      @joedaniels9022 4 роки тому +18

      mgloco88 Very good...but brick...not hit back

    • @forsythejones2130
      @forsythejones2130 4 роки тому +14

      @@joedaniels9022 "You break my record, now I break you! Like I break...your friend (thumb-points at Harley bandana wrapped around knee)!!"

    • @trinity3422
      @trinity3422 4 роки тому +4

      mgloco88 lol, not these days

    • @delinkwent7375
      @delinkwent7375 3 роки тому +2

      Movie had some grear lines

  • @gokinsmen
    @gokinsmen 4 роки тому +64

    Bloodsport's training montage might be the best training montage EVER. The music, the editing, the visual storytelling... perfect!

    • @mikerolfe1842
      @mikerolfe1842 4 роки тому +11

      Yes, with the exception of Rocky 4's montage!

    • @Matthew-cl1wf
      @Matthew-cl1wf Рік тому +2

      2nd best, nothing beats rocky montages

  • @JDjade1
    @JDjade1 4 роки тому +401

    FYI: The guy who got his leg broken, he later came back to be Tong Po in "Kickboxer".

    • @jackjohn9628
      @jackjohn9628 4 роки тому +19

      Yes and one of the coolest things about this movie. I always wondered who would win, Tong Po or Chong Li

    • @jakebohannan990
      @jakebohannan990 4 роки тому +5

      Oh, I didn't know that!

    • @dmdx6723
      @dmdx6723 4 роки тому +24

      yes he is a friend o jean-claude van damme and the bro of the "mongolian" in the quest

    • @sparkyanddaisy
      @sparkyanddaisy 4 роки тому +16

      @@dmdx6723 The mongolian was also Attila in awol/Lionheart

    • @dmdx6723
      @dmdx6723 4 роки тому +3

      @@sparkyanddaisy belgians "from morocco".....

  • @poet279
    @poet279 4 роки тому +102

    Bloodsport is a masterpiece!

  • @mayzilla1174
    @mayzilla1174 4 роки тому +12

    I watched Bloodsport just recently and I immediately knew why I loved that movie as a kid.....and I still love it.....it just has that 80's magic all over it

  • @JohnnieFavourite
    @JohnnieFavourite 4 роки тому +19

    This movie is pure magic and Paul Hertzog's scores for this and "Kickboxer" are up there among the very best 80s scores of all time.

  • @Grewyn7
    @Grewyn7 4 роки тому +135

    This was my fathers favorite movie to watch as he was an over the road trucker. Filled a lot of time and gave comfort in a lot of loneliness.
    Will always remember watching bloodsport on VHS in a terrible TV/VCR combo that just barely fit into the one open void he didnt pack his semi sleeper full of essentials.
    May not be the best movie ever, but it's my favorite martial arts movie.

    • @CarInMyAss
      @CarInMyAss 4 роки тому +3

      I have a similar situation with best of the best. I feel ya

    • @AdamAus85
      @AdamAus85 4 роки тому +2

      Nice story mate. Breakdown is my comfort film of sorts.

    • @hp5469
      @hp5469 4 роки тому +9

      Should have been Over the Top.

    • @gwaaar13
      @gwaaar13 4 роки тому +3

      No. It’s the best movie ever.

    • @TomCruiseRisky
      @TomCruiseRisky 4 роки тому +4

      Wholesome memory bro.

  • @LH2KPresents
    @LH2KPresents 4 роки тому +49

    One of my all-time fav. Van Damme movies.

  • @josephriedstra4024
    @josephriedstra4024 4 роки тому +86

    "You're Jackson, you look like a Jackson. And you must be Ducks"
    "No, Dux"
    "Oh, like put up your Dukes"😂😂😂😂😂

    • @forsythejones2130
      @forsythejones2130 4 роки тому +14

      "Son o'the bitch!"
      "Who cares if Bruce Springsteen's his Shidoshi?"
      Love that guy.

    • @rs72098
      @rs72098 4 роки тому +6

      "O.K. U.S.A." 👍

  • @markshadows3667
    @markshadows3667 4 роки тому +86

    The friend always reminded me of Hacksaw Jim Duggan

  • @mikep6043
    @mikep6043 4 роки тому +297

    If it wasn’t for Bloodsport there wouldn’t be a Johnny Cage split punch.
    🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @RedWolfy7
    @RedWolfy7 4 роки тому +106

    Next on TBS Bloodsport at 8 followed by Beast Master, then bloodsport at 10pm

    • @Gideon_Judges6
      @Gideon_Judges6 4 роки тому +6

      That's not nearly enough time for 2 movies, and with commercials.

    • @zednotzee
      @zednotzee 4 роки тому +8

      lol TBS introduced me to James Bond with that annual 24 days of 007 they used to do in december

    • @TheOlympicHero1
      @TheOlympicHero1 4 роки тому +3

      @@Danfrombackhome man, bringing back memories!

    • @joshowens3593
      @joshowens3593 4 роки тому +1

      They had Godzilla weekends on tbs

    • @MistaMaddog247
      @MistaMaddog247 4 роки тому +5

      You mean 8:05, we used to call it Ted Turner Time.

  • @totalprocall6894
    @totalprocall6894 4 роки тому +18

    FINALLY! I cant believe you guys took this long to get to van damme's best. Every kid who grew up in the late 80's and early 90's adored this film. Best soundtrack ever too.

    • @thomassalas5191
      @thomassalas5191 4 роки тому +1

      Yea I listen to the soundtrack at the gym

    • @l-wook
      @l-wook 4 роки тому

      Did anyone else think that JCVD was the former kickboxing world champ when they were a kid, then found out later it wasn’t true?

  • @jtsleazeball2548
    @jtsleazeball2548 4 роки тому +15

    The splits/ball punch is the best thing ever...how dare you, sir

    • @nde1083
      @nde1083 4 роки тому +4

      The disrespect!

  • @codystory8901
    @codystory8901 4 роки тому +92

    I love this movie. The best thing is that the Kumite is supposed to be a huge secret but literally everybody asked JCVD if he’s in Hong Kong for the Kumite.

    • @mcleb84
      @mcleb84 4 роки тому +3

      Lol 👍

    • @charleschamp9826
      @charleschamp9826 4 роки тому +6

      It's almost like the story Frank Dux told, that this movie is based on, is bullshit.

    • @charleschamp9826
      @charleschamp9826 4 роки тому +2

      @King Delevingne Never said it wasn't.

    • @zakwan10
      @zakwan10 4 роки тому +2

      @Django Fett Seagal is also buddies with Putin who's been known to have people mysteriously disappear or die from suicide.

  • @johnmorey720
    @johnmorey720 4 роки тому +94

    Bolo Yeung escaped China by swimming to Hong Kong. Dude's seriously a badass.

    • @AdamAus85
      @AdamAus85 4 роки тому +5

      Whattt, for realz?

    • @leandrotarsia7212
      @leandrotarsia7212 4 роки тому +3

      Good choice.

    • @EDD8209
      @EDD8209 4 роки тому +1

      Wasn’t he over fixity in this film

    • @The-Man-On-The-Mountain
      @The-Man-On-The-Mountain 4 роки тому +13

      Bolo Yeung is also a super loved and a nice guy.

    • @osurpless
      @osurpless 4 роки тому +9

      Joshua Thomas Edwards Not quite, 27 in Enter the Dragon, so about 43 when making this.

  • @timothysweezey1291
    @timothysweezey1291 4 роки тому +6

    Guys like Bolo Yeung need more praise, guys like him made our favourite martial artists look great on film.

  • @jorgejugar8693
    @jorgejugar8693 4 роки тому +64

    I had heard Jean-Claude Van Damme was like super egotistical about his position in the process of making Mortal Kombat, so they turned Johnny Cage into a caricature of an arrogant celebrity

    • @Teddy-ri2gu
      @Teddy-ri2gu 4 роки тому +7

      He had a period where he had soo much success and a strange Hollywood cloud chaser wife that he took a lot of cocain.. So maybe in that period, but exept that part of his life, he is one of the kindest and greatest actors in Hollywood that the world have ever seen ! Very humble and respectful too the entire world

    • @MissMichSan
      @MissMichSan 3 роки тому +2

      He's in tostito's tortilla chips commercials now. 😆

    • @ekathe85
      @ekathe85 3 роки тому

      The part at 9:26 where he's screaming actually looks like Cage. Only Nicholas rather than Johnny, but that's odd

    • @afranks8566
      @afranks8566 3 роки тому +1

      He got big headed around that time. People that knew him said he wasn't an easy person to be around and started believing his own hype a little too much. He was young and dumb, I'm sure he's grown from it since then.

    • @theberserker6000
      @theberserker6000 2 роки тому +3

      @@Teddy-ri2gu He had actually bipolar disorder thats why he acted either like a total egomaniac or a very gentile and chill dude around people.

  • @TheRage1581
    @TheRage1581 4 роки тому +64

    " You Jackson? You look like a Jackson" I could watch Bloodsport every day with a smile on my face. The soundtrack for the movie is definitely awesome too.

  • @excessmaterial
    @excessmaterial 4 роки тому +95

    "We're...we're friends with a murderer now?"
    Lol

  • @UserGuidesFTW
    @UserGuidesFTW 4 роки тому +44

    "We're friends with a murderer now?" That cracked me up with that deadpan delivery.

  • @GraymTrain
    @GraymTrain 4 роки тому +48

    The relationship between this movie & Kowloon Walled City always facinated me.

    • @BaiLong45
      @BaiLong45 4 роки тому +3

      Daily RIP Me too. Unfortunately, the Kowloon Walled City has been torn down now. Replaced with a really nice park. Saw a couple get their wedding photos there.

    • @GraymTrain
      @GraymTrain 4 роки тому +1

      @@BaiLong45 I heard, I heard. Didnt know it was a park, that's cool. There's a fantastic 4-part youtube documentary on Kowloon in its day. Facinating

    • @azard3
      @azard3 4 роки тому +1

      I watched a documentary about the Walled City man after watching BloodSport I wanted to visit but it got torn down 😔. The stories, the people.
      They even mention this movie in the documentary lol

    • @Shadurak
      @Shadurak 4 роки тому +1

      Um, guys...wasn't Kowloon Walled City an absolute shithole? Isn't it a really good thing that there's a park now?

    • @BlackLotusNinja
      @BlackLotusNinja 4 роки тому +1

      @@Shadurak there are over 999 places in HK that look like Kowloon, so even tho its down, you still can feel the spirit!

  • @michaelmurphy2786
    @michaelmurphy2786 4 роки тому +85

    Here is how I know Tony didnt really go to a kumite - He didnt have a bag stuffed with something trophy sized before he went, to have an empty bag and a trophy when he returns with, even Frank Dux got that right.

    • @themadplotter
      @themadplotter 4 роки тому +2

      michael murphy ahahaha, excellent work.

    • @CarInMyAss
      @CarInMyAss 4 роки тому

      Hell yes

    • @ArismeTal1990
      @ArismeTal1990 4 роки тому +4

      Didn't martial arts fraud Rafiel Torre pull off that very same bullshit

    • @omgnumbers9944
      @omgnumbers9944 4 роки тому +4

      @@ArismeTal1990 yea the duffle bag story was torre, his buddy dropped him off next to the woods

    • @ArismeTal1990
      @ArismeTal1990 4 роки тому +2

      @@omgnumbers9944 I remember there was this guy on youtube called thepinkman who made a very good video about Torre and Frank Dux. Sadly, he deleted them and started behaving... erratic... as a generous way to say it

  • @jsands7
    @jsands7 4 роки тому +135

    This review made me very sad. I’ve never heard so many negative things said about Bloodsport! You can’t say it has no story/plot and then also say the flashback scenes explaining the backstory went on for way too long lol. Also, he didn’t totally ditch the military, he was going on leave and they just didn’t like where he was going, but again that’s a bunch of plot and story added to the mix... so to say that there’s no story and it’s just a one vs one fighting move doesn’t make sense. Yeesh

    • @mentalphilanthropist35
      @mentalphilanthropist35 4 роки тому +13

      I don't think they watched the movie, and they've never seen any of the old ufc bc there are plenty of nut shots.

    • @0001captainawesome
      @0001captainawesome 4 роки тому +6

      They didnt say that, they said it "didnt have MUCH of a plot" and "but it really doesnt need one". So theres no contradictions in what they said regarding that. Anyway have you ever seen Quest? Its another van damme movie thats basically the exact same as this movie just with more plot and better story, just a more flushed out movie. Its kinda ridiculous though how much the exact same things happen in both movies, even little things.

    • @BotWhisperer
      @BotWhisperer 4 роки тому +4

      Relax dude, during the Ernest Xmas special they had a problem with deer walking on the ceiling, and the runaway girl not having an intricate back story

    • @wolflordbradley7353
      @wolflordbradley7353 4 роки тому +2

      That flashback was hella long though. My girl and I were like wait we still in a flashback?!

    • @keyaamabrahams7984
      @keyaamabrahams7984 4 роки тому +1

      They are not real martial arts movies.

  • @ZombieShobb
    @ZombieShobb 4 роки тому +107

    "NEEEEEERDS!" - Ogre
    Are you kidding me? They talk about Donald Gibb
    and doesn't mention that he was in "Revenge of the Nerds"?! Come on man!

    • @R0adsterr0land
      @R0adsterr0land 4 роки тому +9

      Probably still traumatized from having that yelled at them in high school.

    • @crowjre00
      @crowjre00 4 роки тому +11

      This review lacks actual Reviewers.

    • @crush41gb
      @crush41gb 4 роки тому +4

      Just saw him on Magnum P.I. yesterday!

    • @shawnlusby1538
      @shawnlusby1538 4 роки тому +6

      Funny thing is, 👹 Ogre actually became a nerd by the end of the 2nd movie

    • @aaroncostello8812
      @aaroncostello8812 4 роки тому +3

      I agree. That was a grievous omission.

  • @queevy
    @queevy 4 роки тому +31

    The kid who grows up to be Jean Claude Van Damme is wearing a NY Giants t-shirt and a San Francisco Giants hat. He just likes sports teams named "Giants".

  • @Wavetheory85
    @Wavetheory85 4 роки тому +24

    One of my favorite movies as a kid for some reason. He just seemed like a real badass.

  • @munkyzzb7504
    @munkyzzb7504 4 роки тому +147

    Tony should've came back at the end with a trophy in a duffle bag.

    • @yourbigheadcousin5434
      @yourbigheadcousin5434 4 роки тому +8

      I get that reference.

    • @aaronmaxim
      @aaronmaxim 4 роки тому +5

      Nice nod to the real, 100% true fact..frank dux

    • @davymag3476
      @davymag3476 4 роки тому +7

      Rafael Torre would be jealous

    • @munkyzzb7504
      @munkyzzb7504 4 роки тому +2

      @@davymag3476 That's the guy! 100 points!

    • @ve2430
      @ve2430 4 роки тому +6

      @@munkyzzb7504 joe hogan

  • @phantomrenegade7028
    @phantomrenegade7028 4 роки тому +12

    fun fact, Zane Frazier earned his spot in UFC 1 because he beat up Frank Dux(the real one) in a street fight at a karate tournament where the ufc founders were scouting fighters

  • @ShinSuperSaiyajin
    @ShinSuperSaiyajin 4 роки тому +13

    "What the hell is a Dim Mack?"
    "Deaf Tach"

  • @MrTonyBones
    @MrTonyBones 4 роки тому +43

    BLOODSPORT IS A GOD DAMN CINEMATIC MASTERPIECE AND ONE OF THE GREATEST FILMS IN THE HISTORY OF FOREVER!

  • @1977Suspiria
    @1977Suspiria 4 роки тому +32

    I got all this film's soundtrack on my phone. So good. One of the best Martial-arts films of the 80's. Who'd want to get on the mat with Chong Li. Terrifying.

    • @EasyCure0
      @EasyCure0 4 роки тому +7

      I still have nightmares about his pects flexing me to death

    • @CarInMyAss
      @CarInMyAss 4 роки тому +4

      And he's dirty af too

    • @hockeyprofit19
      @hockeyprofit19 4 роки тому +4

      🎶I FIGHT TO SURRRRRRVIIIIIVE🎶

    • @forsythejones2130
      @forsythejones2130 4 роки тому +2

      He just has to give that crazy-eyed glare and I'd lay down and curl up like a bitch and give up immediately.

  • @whyismyeyetwitching
    @whyismyeyetwitching 4 роки тому +13

    There’s a place deep in my heart for this movie. One of my favorites growing up.

  • @Draikenx
    @Draikenx 4 роки тому +43

    I wish they would bring people on that actually appreciate these movies. Kieran basically rags on the movie for most of the review. This was one of my favorite childhood movies. I would watch it over and over all the time. I know its silly now. But as a kid watching it I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

  • @TeejHero
    @TeejHero 4 роки тому +6

    This movie rules. One of my favorite guilty pleasure flicks. Awesome action and a killer soundtrack.

  • @alex64gaming
    @alex64gaming 4 роки тому +32

    This is that one movie my mom got mad at my dad about for letting me watch it 🤣

    • @CarInMyAss
      @CarInMyAss 4 роки тому

      @Joe Blow i was the same age and saw that and Harlem nights 😆

    • @faz6877
      @faz6877 4 роки тому +1

      @Joe Blow Ghostbusters? That's not rated R. I love Ghostbusters, but that's practically a family film. Of course plenty in there to spook a 4 yr old. The librarian at the beginning scared me as a kid.
      But my parents took me to see Friday the 13th 6 at the drive In when I was 6. I loved that stuff. Of course they played Fatal Attraction before Friday the 13th lol. That was not appropriate

  • @Paul-sl9zm
    @Paul-sl9zm Рік тому +2

    Bloodsport is the greatest martial arts movie!! Pure entertainment!!
    10/10 🌟

  • @sirbrad4
    @sirbrad4 4 роки тому +7

    14:12 Little known fact that you missed is that one of the fighters in Bloodsport "Michel Qissi" is actually Tong Po from Kickboxer.

  • @DrewKane
    @DrewKane 4 роки тому +10

    It's legit one of the best movies of all time. As a youngster growing up in the 80s and 90s, Bloodsport holds a very significant spot in my heart.

    • @faz6877
      @faz6877 4 роки тому +2

      Agree. An all time great. I have a rare Bloodsport art print / movie poster right above my desk.

  • @chzzyg2698
    @chzzyg2698 4 роки тому +10

    I used to love this movie so much, and the lore behind it, that I wrote an essay on it in 5th grade.

  • @hkoelmeyer1
    @hkoelmeyer1 4 роки тому +2

    Good ol 80s martial arts movies. It just good fun overall!!! Such a classic. Thanks guys for breaking it down. Enter the dragon is timeless.

  • @hooksncrosses3419
    @hooksncrosses3419 3 роки тому +3

    Young Frank rescues Shingo from bullies at school.
    "Some day, I'm going to fight in the kumite and make my father proud."
    That line always amuses me because it doesn't fit the situation at all. 🤣🤣🤣

  • @xAngoryx
    @xAngoryx 4 роки тому +4

    I've seen Bloodsport probably over 9000 times, it was that movie I would always watch. It was so video game plot style along side Enter the Dragon, loved both of these flicks!

  • @BluesElwoo2
    @BluesElwoo2 4 роки тому +23

    This is definitely a silly movie, but in the early 90's this movie was on TV constantly! This movie and Kickboxer was on a ton! Ill be honest though, I can't totally remember Kickboxer, but I totally remember Bloodsport. Something about this movie, its just a fun movie. Not great, but definitely fun.

  • @greatonslaut
    @greatonslaut 4 роки тому +2

    Lol the part that always gets me is in the flashback when Frank helps the kid from getting jumped, he doesn't even say thank you. He just gets up and says "Someday, I'll fight in the Kumite, and make my father proud."

  • @Jimnuts
    @Jimnuts 4 роки тому +4

    One of my favorites movies as a kid, but it's definitely a movie of it's time. Glad to watch a review without Justin hating everything.

  • @yourbigheadcousin5434
    @yourbigheadcousin5434 4 роки тому +33

    At the end of the movie they mention that Dux holds the record for fastest kick with a KO. How do you measure the speed of a kick....in 1975...during an underground, illegal no holds barred tournament?

    • @simondaniel4028
      @simondaniel4028 4 роки тому +3

      It doesn't say those records were either obtained in the kumite. He may have went to some kind of performance tournament, I'm sure you could clock the speed of a kick.

    • @yourbigheadcousin5434
      @yourbigheadcousin5434 4 роки тому

      @@simondaniel4028 You can clock a kick...on Fight Science. Considering the movie doesnt specify and centers around the Kumite, I'm going with they mean the record is for the Kumite

    • @LaughingOwlKiller
      @LaughingOwlKiller 4 роки тому +1

      Same way they measure how fast a pitcher throws a baseball. Radar guns have been around since the late 40s. While the Kumite was "underground" it wasn't some back alley brawl. It was funded by wealthy "investors"

    • @cobracommander8133
      @cobracommander8133 4 роки тому +1

      Your Big Head Cousin Frank Dux was fraud and made the whole thing up.

    • @simondaniel4028
      @simondaniel4028 4 роки тому

      @@cobracommander8133 there is a lot to read about that, I agree. Lots to say he was a fraud. After the behind the scenes shit with The Quest, definitely.

  • @guilhermeulliana
    @guilhermeulliana 4 роки тому +27

    I can't believe nothing was said of the crazy meowing sounds on the final fight!!!

    • @CarInMyAss
      @CarInMyAss 4 роки тому +5

      😆 fucking love that

    • @jonathanredford215
      @jonathanredford215 4 роки тому +2

      You too?!? Lol i can never not hear those meows. Makes me think what were they doing back there, making chop suey like bill murray said in scrooged? Lol smh

    • @forsythejones2130
      @forsythejones2130 4 роки тому

      @Street Deacon I love that little guy. Cute as hell and (in-movie) the sole witness to the most epic Battle of the Martial Arts Titans of all time!

  • @patrickbaker4537
    @patrickbaker4537 4 роки тому +3

    Jean-Cluade's character also deserts the military (french foreign Legion) in the movie Lionheart; which also is about an underground fighting tournament.

  • @airbomb34
    @airbomb34 4 роки тому +56

    Imagine trying to pretend to be a man and not like this movie. This is one of the greatest action movies of all time.

  • @Scott86
    @Scott86 4 роки тому +34

    Wasn't Mortal Kombat supposed to be a Blood Sport based game with Jean Claude originally as the Johnny Cage character? Then they changed it I believe and then actually ironically put Jean Claude in the street fighter the movie/Street Fighter the movie the game lol

  • @FireTiger941
    @FireTiger941 4 роки тому +74

    This movie is PURE testosterone! A testament to manly movies from the 80's, that every guy should watch in their man cave LOL

    • @shivasthong4924
      @shivasthong4924 4 роки тому +3

      Agreed! It's one of my go to manly movies.

    • @jonathanredford215
      @jonathanredford215 4 роки тому +3

      Definitely a film with BALLS

    • @ronaldtenayuca4418
      @ronaldtenayuca4418 4 роки тому +4

      "MOVIES FOR GUYS WHO LIKE MOVIES!" AS THE OLD TBS-TNT NICKNAME FOR THE TIME SLOT THAT SHOWED THE MOVIES YOU JUST DESCRIBED. ... THIS WAS THE TRUE GOLDEN ERA OF TELEVISION!!!!!! I AM SO OFFENDED THAT JAMES HAS SAID THAT IT'S "CHEESY" THIS MOVIE IS A WORK OF ART AND CAPTURES THE TRUE ESSENCE OF FIGHTING AND JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME'S PASSION FOR HIS CRAFT. THEY DON'T MAKE MOVIES LIKE THIS ANYMORE!!!!!!!! THIS WAS A TIME WHEN MEN WERE STILL MEN AND THIS IS THE MOVIE THAT BEST REFLECTS THEM!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @ronaldtenayuca4418
      @ronaldtenayuca4418 4 роки тому

      @@jonathanredford215 LOL!!!!!!

    • @malafakka8530
      @malafakka8530 4 роки тому +1

      @@ronaldtenayuca4418 I watched and liked this movie as well back then, but come on, it is cheesy. It is just cheesy in a way that we can't resist.

  • @Eisenwulf666
    @Eisenwulf666 4 роки тому

    I am so glad you are supporting in search of darkness, such an amazing project !

  • @mightygodhammer4696
    @mightygodhammer4696 4 роки тому +49

    FYI: Paco’s real name is Paulo Tocha, Muay Thai expert and real fighter 🥊

  • @chakrazoo
    @chakrazoo 4 роки тому +53

    "The Quest" was a great Van Damme fighting tournament movie.

    • @Dorkster81
      @Dorkster81 4 роки тому +3

      Chakra Zoo that was a horrid movie lol

    • @minty-bird8663
      @minty-bird8663 4 роки тому

      I loved the quest as a kid lmao Sick tournament

    • @BraddahSpliff
      @BraddahSpliff 4 роки тому +4

      The Quest was basically 1920s Bloodsport with a treasure hunter as the MC instead of a military guy.

    • @footiebloke
      @footiebloke 4 роки тому +1

      That's because it's the same movie as Bloodsport. Just a reskin.

    • @Darkdaej
      @Darkdaej 4 роки тому +2

      Which was nothing more than a way to remake BloodSport without having to give Dux any money :)

  • @JMLRetroRoom
    @JMLRetroRoom 4 роки тому +8

    They could of made reference to Hot Shots when they dipped their gloves in honey and into M&M’s and all the candy LOL!

    • @MistaMaddog247
      @MistaMaddog247 4 роки тому

      That was also taken from the beginning of Rambo III where John. Rambo was in Thailand.

  • @Alexinytown
    @Alexinytown 2 роки тому +1

    Bloodsport is a masterpiece in so many ways.

  • @AceMcSch00ly
    @AceMcSch00ly 4 роки тому +4

    The guy you made fun of fighting at the men's retreat is the same actor that plays Tong Poe in Kickboxer lol.

  • @The-Man-On-The-Mountain
    @The-Man-On-The-Mountain 4 роки тому +4

    I was really into martial arts when this movie came out. I was like 12 years old and I loved this movie. I used to watch it everyday for months.

  • @KurstKensei
    @KurstKensei 4 роки тому +4

    This was probably one of my favorite movies to watch with my dad when I was a kid.

  • @dogfromthepurplezoneoffici5182
    @dogfromthepurplezoneoffici5182 4 роки тому +2

    One of my favorite Jean Claude movies

  • @hambrick
    @hambrick 4 роки тому

    Great Review Guys One Of The Best You Guys Have Did Keep Up The Fantastic Work

  • @stonecoldku4161
    @stonecoldku4161 4 роки тому +6

    In the movie Frank Dux got leave approved from the military, it was only when they found out that he was going to the tournament did they try to stop him. So he technically wasn't AWOL?

  • @chrislail3824
    @chrislail3824 4 роки тому +15

    This movie also has some of the only film footage from Kowloon, and takes place within the Walled City. Legend has it that they had to pay protection to get in there.

    • @LiteralmenteUmaMulher
      @LiteralmenteUmaMulher 4 роки тому +7

      Kowloon Walled City, the surrealistic dystopian/cyberpunk city-sized city block, everyone should know about it, it's unbeliveable

    • @DarthVader-1701
      @DarthVader-1701 4 роки тому +2

      @@LiteralmenteUmaMulher the walled city has been gone since 1993.

    • @TetsuDeinonychus
      @TetsuDeinonychus 4 роки тому +2

      @@DarthVader-1701 Sad. :( Would have loved to see that place in its glory days.

    • @JB0071051982
      @JB0071051982 4 роки тому

      @@LiteralmenteUmaMulher the movie Crime Story (1993) starring Jackie Chan was the last movie to film scenes their prior its demolition. Hong Kong film historian Bey Logan mentions this on the audio commentary for the Dragon Dynasty DVD release of Crime Story.

  • @METAL-ADDICT
    @METAL-ADDICT 4 роки тому

    @6:00 I have seen Blood sport a hundred times since I was a kid and always laughed when the guy flew in the opposite direction of the dudes kick lol

  • @CLOWNBOT00
    @CLOWNBOT00 4 роки тому +18

    True story: Jim Kelly said that his character wasn't supposed to die in *_Enter the Dragon,_* but John Saxon was. That's Hollywood for ya.

    • @KasumiKenshirou
      @KasumiKenshirou 4 роки тому +1

      Oh man, that would have been better.

    • @moriellymoproblems7842
      @moriellymoproblems7842 4 роки тому

      @@KasumiKenshirou How exactly? You can't have Saxon take out Bolo Yeung's character, then die.

    • @onemuststand7353
      @onemuststand7353 4 роки тому +2

      @@moriellymoproblems7842 Probably switched roles. Kelly would've been the one to take out Bolo while Saxon would've been the one to get drowned.

    • @theitfactorjameswheezer2852
      @theitfactorjameswheezer2852 4 роки тому +1

      Akio Furukawa jim kellys other movies are awesome

  • @ujai5271
    @ujai5271 4 роки тому +65

    Suggestion for next year: Jean-Claude-Van-Damme-uary.

  • @combatrock5931
    @combatrock5931 4 роки тому +18

    "That has to be illegal"... Check out Keith Hackney vs. Joe Son from the early UFC days.

    • @forsythejones2130
      @forsythejones2130 4 роки тому +1

      @@Radeo Hackney should have gone 100% full-on Giant-Killer shots to that degenerate's groin in retrospect.

  • @Starfals
    @Starfals 4 роки тому +2

    I love this movie to bits :) Its one of the best oldschool movies

  • @Awprod2000
    @Awprod2000 4 роки тому +3

    Bloodsport is a 10/10

  • @eddieperez8516
    @eddieperez8516 4 роки тому +34

    Lionheart is JCVD real Street Fighter movie.

    • @brucemoss632
      @brucemoss632 4 роки тому +1

      Lionheart and The Quest are the best.

    • @faz6877
      @faz6877 4 роки тому +5

      Wrong bet!

    • @forsythejones2130
      @forsythejones2130 4 роки тому +1

      More like Pit Fighter but an attempt was made. My copy has Full Contact in the title credits instead of Lionheart.

    • @forsythejones2130
      @forsythejones2130 4 роки тому +2

      @@faz6877 "THAT DUDE'S GON KEEL YO ASS DON'T CHU KNOW DAT?!"

    • @faz6877
      @faz6877 4 роки тому +1

      @@forsythejones2130 : I've never heard the Full contact alternate title. I know it's known as "Leon" in many parts of the world.

  • @willa9033
    @willa9033 4 роки тому

    You are the best content creator that never loses my interest. Thank God your passion for reviews seems unwaivering :')

  • @jonathanhunt5864
    @jonathanhunt5864 4 роки тому

    Dude it is so cool you became successful doing what you love! These videos are great

  • @sizzxrk
    @sizzxrk 4 роки тому +5

    John Belushis stunt double is great at playing Frank Dux, pretending he was in a Kumite.

  • @Powwer69
    @Powwer69 4 роки тому +18

    review "Only the Strong" 1993

    • @nde1083
      @nde1083 4 роки тому +4

      Please no, these guys clearly don't appreciate old school martial arts flicks.

    • @Diadin22
      @Diadin22 4 роки тому

      I also liked the movie Showdown with Billy Blanks

  • @whispersignal1
    @whispersignal1 4 роки тому

    The end song is one of the best things ever. I love that the keyboard guitar patch sounds almost exactly like the patch they used in Street Fighter II.

  • @Mr2Reviews
    @Mr2Reviews 4 роки тому +4

    You can't talk about Kickboxer without mentioning the Hot Shots! Part Deux parody where Charlie Sheen dips his hands in sprinkles.

    • @Dream0Asylum
      @Dream0Asylum 4 роки тому +1

      Isn't that actually from Rambo III?

    • @Mr2Reviews
      @Mr2Reviews 4 роки тому +1

      @@jazzwebster9851 Yes, the movie was a parody of Rambo but there was a kickboxing scene where they dip their knuckles in stuff. You can look it up on UA-cam.

  • @itsgotrunn
    @itsgotrunn 4 роки тому +5

    You break my record, now I break you!

  • @unclecreed2986
    @unclecreed2986 4 роки тому +11

    The Quest is like Bloodsport with a higher budget. And that is Oger from Revenge of the Nerds.

    • @LaughingOwlKiller
      @LaughingOwlKiller 4 роки тому +1

      The Quest was also written by Frank Dux and Vann Damme

  • @saltyschmo
    @saltyschmo 4 роки тому

    Guys.....it really takes a lot to get me to comment on a you tube video but the entire Tony at the Kumatai absolutely killed me. The absolute kicker was him dying at the end with shooting star playing in the background. I legit lol'd. Thank you guys! I needed that.

  • @danoxjeani
    @danoxjeani 4 роки тому

    Lol I had stopped watching this video, but gave it another chance, to think what I could have missed. Really good stuff.

  • @handsome_Xpress
    @handsome_Xpress 4 роки тому +4

    Bloodsport has the best soundtrack

  • @ZeroJinKui
    @ZeroJinKui 4 роки тому +7

    i love bloodsport... i was actually watching it when this video got uploaded.
    regarding the fights... i'd say they're more realistic than what you'd get in other movies... i mean, a few hard blows, and someone's down... that IS a fight.
    real fights aren't gonna be like what you see in most martial arts movies, people aren't gonna be exchanging blows for large amounts of time, flying through the air, and all that stuff... they'll involve a few good blows to the the head or gut, and the person goes down.
    also, the part after frank is blinded, he freaks out cause he doesn't know what to do, but then he recalls his training, cause he was trained to use his other senses, instead of his sight... so once he calms down, he starts fighting back, when he spins his leg around and the girl laughs, that was frank basically taunting/messing with chong li, so that's why she was laughing.
    i don't really get why frank dux doing the ball punch makes you hate him... the whole thing he was trained for was "using ANY technique that works".
    if you watch the fight against that big guy, frank tries everything... he even uses the DEATH TOUCH... and that guy shrugs it off!
    the ball punch was his absolute last resort, even after a move that was supposedly intended to KILL your opponent... meaning he didn't WANT to use it, but he had no other choice to take that guy down, he was just too strong.
    what, are ya gonna tell me you hate johnny cage for punching goro in the balls, next? you know... an opponent who was too powerful to take down by normal means?
    dunno why you think it should disqualify him, either... considering chong li unnecessarily KILLED PEOPLE and he wasn't disqualified.
    as for frank leaving the military and beating those officers, etc... the whole reason he was SO intent on competing and winning the kumite was to honor his teacher, who was practically a father to him, cause he had no one left to pass his teachings down to after he lost his son, so he taught frank after some convincing.
    frank was doing all of this for his teacher, his honor was on the line... the more i listen to this, the more i have to wonder... did you guys even pay attention to the movie? >_>
    finally, the agents... they clearly knew frank well, they were already friends, that was made clear at some points... and they went to watch the kumite because they knew they couldn't stop him at that point, so they did the only thing they could, watch... that way, if it looked like frank might get seriously injured or killed, they could step in and save him.
    i've watched this movie countless times, every single thing you guys were confused about, has an answer within the movie itself... you just have to pay attention.

  • @Flyingteapot1970
    @Flyingteapot1970 4 роки тому +1

    Un clásico de la niñez, gracias por traer de vuelta esos recuerdos! 💪

  • @luismartins3785
    @luismartins3785 4 роки тому

    Just saw Bloodsport and Kickboxer last weekend with both my sons, they LOVED IT !!! Very impressed with Vandamme acrobatics and kick. : )

  • @neoravencroft
    @neoravencroft 4 роки тому +4

    This is the greatest movie about one of Hollywood's greatest con artist.

  • @xAngoryx
    @xAngoryx 4 роки тому +41

    OGRE from revenge of the nerds took up the Bloodsport lool

    • @jbscotchman
      @jbscotchman 4 роки тому +5

      It still hard to watch when Chong Li stomped on his face. 😢

    • @ghoulinthegraveyard399
      @ghoulinthegraveyard399 4 роки тому +4

      NEERRDDSS!!!

    • @zednotzee
      @zednotzee 4 роки тому +2

      holy crap, that's why he's so familiar.

    • @xAngoryx
      @xAngoryx 4 роки тому

      @@jbscotchman Next time you fight... Try.. to keep your clothes on.. lol

    • @forsythejones2130
      @forsythejones2130 4 роки тому +1

      We all called him Orgre Jackson whenever we watched or talked about that movie.

  • @EriktheGLred
    @EriktheGLred 4 роки тому

    Tony, Keiran, James! That's like Farley, Mcdonald, Spade chemistry there. I enjoy and appreciate the work you guys put into these videos. Thank you.

  • @logancrawley2634
    @logancrawley2634 4 роки тому

    my dad showed me this as a kid...very happy you covered this incredible movie

  • @AdamAus85
    @AdamAus85 4 роки тому +20

    Dude on the left is a real downer. JCVD was in Australia a week or so ago, I heard him speak with Alan Jones on talk back radio. He's a funny guy.

  • @jamesh2514
    @jamesh2514 4 роки тому +8

    Kung Pow vs Kung Fu Hustle? That is going to be a good one!

  • @jackbolt7702
    @jackbolt7702 4 роки тому

    I needed the song at the end. Thank you :)

  • @Ninten70
    @Ninten70 4 роки тому +1

    One of my favorite Martial Arts films ever. I would often compare this movie to the games, Mortal Kombat 1 & Street Fighter II

  • @bigkmoviesandgames
    @bigkmoviesandgames 4 роки тому +25

    The best van damme film.

  • @Gesuselsaviour
    @Gesuselsaviour 4 роки тому +6

    "Some day I'll fight in the Kumite and make my father proud"

  • @TheGiseppi
    @TheGiseppi 4 роки тому

    This is the best rental review because it’s only Kieran and James. You guys are the best

  • @Rahul_Sastry
    @Rahul_Sastry 4 роки тому

    It's been so many years but you are still one of my favourite pepole❤️